Carrowmenagh
We’re making a series of shows all about Donegal for Highland Radio. Travelling around, we meet people we’ve arranged with such as the local historian but then we have nice surprises too. Yesterday we came upon this colourful scene in Carrowmenagh, just north of the three Glens. These old phone boxes were dismantled, much like the red boxes in England but many people liked them and wanted them brought back. So this one was kept. The Eircom man told me they’re an expense to maintain because boys keep smashing the glass. They replace the individual panes with a sheet of perspex.
He took us on into the Post Office, which was more like a wee house, to meet Annie. Here’s what that sounded and looked like:
Does this look like your Post Office?
Danny & Paul meet Annie 
Ornaments and emblems of state and religion.
Annie talks about the Post Office having been in her family for over 100 years and there’s a letter from Bertie Ahern on the wall congratulating the family on their service through the years.
